Thanksgiving miscellany

So many things to be thankful for!  But let me offer our view at dinner; our host, Connie, and the excellent main course - baked salmon by Alice; superlative carrot salad and mashed potatoes by Connie - carrot salad might sound a little unfestive, but this had dried apricots and pistachios and ricotta and all sorts of other tastes;

the best pumpkin cheesecake I've ever made;

and then home to Moth, and my wonderful shoulder cat, the one and only Gramsci.